Shae's 2nd Birthday

I made the mistake of telling Shae her birthday was coming just before Christmas. She was so surprised to find out she gets one.  We had to sing Happy Birthday in the car every day for three weeks.  She still didn't really get the Christmas thing, but she is well aware of birthdays from her friends parties, so that became her focus.  She kept saying "Shae's birthday coming?" every day, so we created a calendar to check off the days.  We had a small party at home and she had so much fun.  She woke up at about 2am the night after, yelling 'Mommy!'.  When I went in, she just wanted to talk about the day and who came to her party.  She was that excited about it.  So sweet.

I'm 2!!

She was testing it first to see if she liked it.

The swingset was a big hit.

Mmmm, carrot 'icecakes' as Shae calls them (because all she really likes is the icing).

We made a banner with monthly photos from 1-2 years.
I loved to see how she's changed and so did she.

Exhausted at the end of a great birthday.